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I've just arrived at work and noticed a slight oil leak at the rear of the cylinder. It appears to have its origins under the body of the starter motor, bit hard to do anything about it now, just wondering if anyone has experienced similar. (looking for a quick fix in other words) My nearest dealer is about 800 km away.

I've just arrived at work and noticed a slight oil leak at the rear of the cylinder. It appears to have its origins under the body of the starter motor, bit hard to do anything about it now, just wondering if anyone has experienced similar. (looking for a quick fix in other words) My nearest dealer is about 800 km away.

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Take the two starter fixing bolts out of the back and seal them - they are open to the crankcase. A drop of silicone will do - or use Loc-Tite thread sealer.

To pop the cover off you just need to get the 4 on the cover After you pop the little ali cover off.Clean the surfaces with some carb cleaner on a rag.Then apply some fresh paste and put it back on.If you see any scratches you will need to surface it flat on a sheet of emery.

Mine never leaked but I opened it up anyway just to see what was under the cover They dont even use gaskets any more on these parts and its still leak free found that amazing.

Hi raising this again, I'm dealing with a stripped sump drain at the moment, so I thought I'd have a go at the oil weep, I removed the 4 allen key screws on the chrome housing, but it doesn't seem to want to budge. Is there something else to come off, or is a bit of GENTLE PERSUASION required eg wooden mallet. To me it looked like the casing is joined to the starter housing. I've got a workshop manual but it doesn't tell me much.

BTW it has been suggested that rather than go to the trouble of trying a helicoil in the sump, just clean up the sump plug, loctite it back into the remaining threads and use the filter drain to drain the oil. My nearest dealer is 800 km away, so any thoughts will be appreciated.